Everton keep survival hopes alive with late leveller

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Hwang Hee-chan breaks the deadlock in Wolves' victory over Everton at MolineuxHwang Hee-chan's first-half effort came at the end of Wolves' first real attack of the match

Everton's fight to avoid the drop into the Championship will go down to the final day of the season despite Yerry Mina snatching a dramatic equaliser deep into stoppage time at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The Toffees looked on course for a damaging defeat until Mina pounced in a goalmouth scramble in the final seconds of nine minutes of additional time to give Sean Dyche's side what might prove to be a priceless point.

Everton must now anxiously await how other results pan out to discover the full extent of their task when they face Bournemouth at Goodison Park.

Wolves went ahead in a scrappy encounter after 34 minutes when Hwang Hee-Chan's scored from a rebound after Everton keeper Jordan Pickford had pushed out Adama Traore's shot.

Everton's best opportunities came with two first-half headers from Dominic Calvert-Lewin but they suffered a severe blow when the injury-plagued striker was forced to limp off with his latest problem on the stroke of half-time.

It now rests on that crucial clash with Bournemouth as Everton attempt to avoid their first relegation from the top tier since 1951 but this may yet be the point that helps to maintain their Premier League status.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

  1. Squad number25Player nameBentley

  2. Squad number22Player nameNélson Semedo

  3. Squad number4Player nameCollins

  4. Squad number15Player nameDawson

  5. Squad number24Player nameToti

  6. Squad number37Player nameTraoré

  7. Squad number8Player nameRúben Neves

  8. Squad number35Player nameJoão Gomes

  9. Squad number10Player nameDaniel Podence

  10. Squad number21Player nameSarabia

  11. Squad number11Player nameHwang Hee-chan

  1. Squad number5Player nameLemina

  2. Squad number6Player nameTraoré

  3. Squad number12Player nameMatheus Cunha

  4. Squad number27Player nameMatheus Nunes

  5. Squad number29Player nameDiego Costa

Everton

  1. Squad number1Player namePickford

  2. Squad number3Player namePatterson

  3. Squad number13Player nameMina

  4. Squad number2Player nameTarkowski

  5. Squad number7Player nameMcNeil

  6. Squad number37Player nameGarner

  7. Squad number27Player nameGueye

  8. Squad number17Player nameIwobi

  9. Squad number16Player nameDoucouré

  10. Squad number8Player nameOnana

  11. Squad number9Player nameCalvert-Lewin

  1. Squad number4Player nameHolgate

  2. Squad number5Player nameKeane

  3. Squad number11Player nameGray

  4. Squad number20Player nameMaupay

Line-ups

Wolves

Formation 4-4-2

  • 25Bentley
  • 22Nélson SemedoBooked at 51mins
  • 4Collins
  • 15DawsonBooked at 45mins
  • 24Gomes
  • 37TraoréBooked at 17minsSubstituted forMatheus Cunhaat 88'minutes
  • 8NevesBooked at 66minsSubstituted forTraoréat 88'minutes
  • 35João Gomes
  • 10PodenceSubstituted forDiego Costaat 70'minutes
  • 21SarabiaSubstituted forNunesat 70'minutesBooked at 90mins
  • 11Hwang Hee-chanSubstituted forLeminaat 74'minutes

Substitutes

  • 1
  • 5Lemina
  • 6Traoré
  • 9Jiménez
  • 12Matheus Cunha
  • 23Kilman
  • 27Nunes
  • 29Diego Costa
  • 64Bueno

Everton

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 1Pickford
  • 3PattersonSubstituted forKeaneat 29'minutes
  • 13Mina
  • 2Tarkowski
  • 7McNeil
  • 37GarnerBooked at 90mins
  • 27GueyeSubstituted forHolgateat 82'minutes
  • 17Iwobi
  • 16Doucouré
  • 8OnanaSubstituted forMaupayat 82'minutes
  • 9Calvert-LewinSubstituted forGrayat 45+2'minutes

Substitutes

  • 4Holgate
  • 5Keane
  • 11Gray
  • 15Begovic
  • 20Maupay
  • 31Lonergan
  • 46McAllister
  • 50Simms
  • 64Welch

Referee:David Coote

Attendance:31,684

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Everton 1.

  2. Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Everton 1.

  3. Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Everton 1. Yerry Mina (Everton) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Michael Keane.

  4. Corner, Everton. Conceded by Craig Dawson.

  5. Corner, Everton. Conceded by Nathan Collins.

  6. Attempt blocked. Demarai Gray (Everton) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mason Holgate.

  7. Diego Costa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  8. Foul by James Tarkowski (Everton).

  9. Attempt blocked. James Tarkowski (Everton) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Demarai Gray with a cross.

  10. Matheus Nunes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  11. Foul by Matheus Nunes (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

  12. Yerry Mina (Everton) wins a free kick on the right wing.

  13. Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Jordan Pickford.

  14. Attempt saved. Matheus Nunes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matheus Cunha.

  15. Foul by Matheus Cunha (Wolverhampton Wanderers).

  16. Yerry Mina (Everton) wins a free kick on the right wing.

  17. James Garner (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

  18. Matheus Nunes (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

  19. Foul by James Garner (Everton).

  20. Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Matheus Cunha replaces Adama Traoré.

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